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    suffering; internal‚ external‚ and pain brought by others. These forms of suffering happen all the time in the real world and the fictional world. One of the examples of suffering in the fictional world can be seen in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s book‚ The Scarlet Letter. Several people in the book are intimate with the definition of suffering‚ some suffering longer and more than others. In this book‚ the one person who had the most suffering placed on him was the well-known minister‚ Arthur Dimmesdale. Dimmesdale

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    brings loneliness‚ and few have been able to show as well as Hawthorne how private and bitter loneliness can be...Hawthorne also indicates that guilt repressed is far more devastating in its effects than guilt openly acknowledged...” In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ the protagonist‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ committed a sin of adultery but he publicly confessed his role in the indiscretion. The fact that Hester takes all the blame for their sin irritates his conscience‚ and he physically

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    "To be fully human is to balance the heart‚ the mind‚ and the spirit.” One could suggest the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ that one should not violate the sanctity of the human heart. Hester was well ahead of her time‚ and believed that love was more important than living in a lie. Dimmesdale’s theology and his inclinations render him almost incapable of action; Chillingsworth dammed himself‚ along with Dimmesdale. Hester was “frank with [Chillingsworth].”

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    but‚ if entrusted to the wrong set of hands‚ it will lead to major destruction. Power has been given to everyone just in different amounts. What people do with the power they have is up to them‚ but‚ in many instances‚ it is misused. In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Hawthorne creates a story that shows the abuse of power by people in different social statuses in Puritanical society. The abuse of power between the Puritans in Hawthorne’s story and people in American society today displays

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    that Hester is forgiven but on the other hand dimmesdale and chillingworth are not. Based on my thoughts and opinion on Hester I feel that she is forgive and here sins still stick with her.I think that she has done her time and earns to take her letter if yet when given the choice she chooses to keep it on which is very good of her. Yes Hester did have a child at a young age which

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    In The Scarlet Letter‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Roger Chillingworth‚ who is a former physician‚ is the evil figure throughout the classic novel. In Moby Dick‚ by Herman Melville‚ Captain Ahab‚ who is an experienced captain‚ portrays as the evil character also. Both figures from the novels represent an excellent example of evil-natured men who are out to get vengeance on someone or something for the wrongdoing to them. First‚ Chillingworth and Ahab are both trying to seek revenge

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    Literature have their own answers to the question. Independence is a concept with a constantly changing‚ dynamic description. Three characters that reflect the developing idea of independence are Hester Prynne‚ Jim‚ and Walter Lee Younger. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a novel about a Puritan community that shuns Hester Prynne for doing what she believes makes her independent. Hester Prynne’s original grasp of what independence means is that it means living on

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    We started listing names that would do something like that and we came up with these. Mrs.white‚ Colonel Mustard‚ Professor plum‚ Mrs. Peacock‚ Mr. Green‚ and Miss scarlet. Yeah yeah‚ we know these people are older than us but we couldn’t figure out any high schooler that would do such a crime. So after that we went back to the crime scene were the murder happened. We made it there to find nothing‚ we couldn’t find

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    Sin and Forgiveness in The Scarlet Letter Hawthorne uses the theme of sin and forgiveness throughout The Scarlet Letter to portray the protagonists and antagonists of the story. Hawthorne uses comparative techniques through dark versus light‚ and nature versus civilization. With both of these he is giving underlying comparisons of sin and forgiveness. Hawthorne uses comparisons to show the reader that by having the inability to forgive‚ he/she is committing the sin of pride and is no better than

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    Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ author of “The Scarlet Letter” chooses to use a number of different symbols in vital scenes throughout his book. In the story‚ the reader will recognize a number of different images that have much deeper meanings contributing to the plot of the novel. Hawthorne produces a detailed image for the reader and makes the symbols clear in his writing. Symbolism is a major aspect of “The Scarlet Letter”‚ without it‚ the story would not be as highly regarded as it is today. There are

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